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id="toc-Forests" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forests"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Forests</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forests-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marine_geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Marine geography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_and_human_geography" class="vector-toc-list-item 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fens_and_bogs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Fens and bogs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fens_and_bogs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_and_concerns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_and_concerns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Usage and concerns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_and_concerns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Oil,_natural_gas_and_minerals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oil,_natural_gas_and_minerals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Oil, natural gas and minerals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oil,_natural_gas_and_minerals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hydrocarbons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hydrocarbons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Hydrocarbons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hydrocarbons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Renewable_energy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Renewable_energy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Renewable energy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Renewable_energy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wind" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wind"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Wind</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wind-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Solar_energy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Solar_energy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Solar energy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Solar_energy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hydroelectric_power" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hydroelectric_power"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.3</span> <span>Hydroelectric power</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hydroelectric_power-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Bibliography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Print" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Print"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Print</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Print-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Online" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Online"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Online</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Online-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" 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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeograf%C3%ADa_d%27Irlanda" title="Xeografía d'Irlanda – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xeografía d'Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2" title="আয়ারল্যান্ডের ভূগোল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আয়ারল্যান্ডের ভূগোল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografia_d%27Irlanda" title="Geografia d'Irlanda – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Geografia d'Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografie_Irska" title="Geografie Irska – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Geografie Irska" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daearyddiaeth_Iwerddon" title="Daearyddiaeth Iwerddon – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Daearyddiaeth Iwerddon" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlands_geografi" title="Irlands geografi – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Irlands geografi" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographie_Irlands" title="Geographie Irlands – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Geographie Irlands" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Γεωγραφία της Ιρλανδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γεωγραφία της Ιρλανδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograf%C3%ADa_de_Irlanda" title="Geografía de Irlanda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Geografía de Irlanda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografio_de_Irlando" title="Geografio de Irlando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Geografio de Irlando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="جغرافیای جمهوری ایرلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جغرافیای جمهوری ایرلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9ographie_de_l%27Irlande" title="Géographie de l'Irlande – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Géographie de l'Irlande" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ADreola%C3%ADocht_na_h%C3%89ireann" title="Tíreolaíocht na hÉireann – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Tíreolaíocht na hÉireann" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C%EC%9D%98_%EC%A7%80%EB%A6%AC" title="아일랜드의 지리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아일랜드의 지리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BC%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%A3%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Իռլանդիայի աշխարհագրություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իռլանդիայի աշխարհագրություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografi_Irlandia" title="Geografi Irlandia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Geografi Irlandia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografia_dell%27Irlanda_(isola)" title="Geografia dell'Irlanda (isola) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Geografia dell'Irlanda (isola)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93" title="גאוגרפיה של אירלנד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גאוגרפיה של אירלנד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">Geography of Ireland</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_(MODIS).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg/260px-Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg/390px-Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg/520px-Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Continent</th><td class="infobox-data">Europe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Europe" title="Northwestern Europe">Northwestern Europe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">84,421 km<sup>2</sup> (32,595 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">98.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coastline</th><td class="infobox-data">7,524 km (4,675 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carrauntoohil" title="Carrauntoohil">Carrauntoohil</a> 1,039 metres (3,409 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Slob" title="North Slob">North Slob</a> −3 metres (−10 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longest river</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a> 360.5 km (224.0 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest lake</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lough_Neagh" title="Lough Neagh">Lough Neagh</a> 392 km<sup>2</sup> (151 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Climate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> with some upland areas classified as <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate#Subpolar_variety_(Cfc,_Cwc)" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic subpolar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Terrain</th><td class="infobox-data">flat, low-lying area in the midlands, ringed by mountain ranges</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Natural resources</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">aquaculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fertile_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertile soil">fertile soil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freshwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater">freshwater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timber" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber">timber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">peat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bauxite" title="Bauxite">bauxite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower">hydropower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">wind energy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Natural hazards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">Cyclones</a>, flooding, thunderstorms</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Environmental issues</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Water_pollution" title="Water pollution">Water pollution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leaching_(agriculture)" title="Leaching (agriculture)">Leaching</a>, <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">Climate change</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waste_disposal" class="mw-redirect" title="Waste disposal">Waste disposal</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> is an island in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">Northern Europe</a>, in the north <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. The island measures about 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, with a total area of 84,421 km<sup>2</sup> (32,595 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-irlgov_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-irlgov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lies about <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Geography_of_Ireland&params=53_N_8_W_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°N</span> <span class="longitude">8°W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53°N 8°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53; -8</span></span></span></a></span></span>, near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurasian Plate">Eurasian Plate</a>. Ireland is separated from the island of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> to the east, and from <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainland Europe">mainland Europe</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Sea" title="Celtic Sea">Celtic Sea</a> to the south. It is bounded to the north by the <a href="/wiki/North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" title="North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)">North Channel</a> and to the south by <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Channel" title="St George's Channel">St George's Channel</a>. Ireland is the second-largest landmass in the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, after Great Britain and before the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-postwarculture_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postwarculture-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its main <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geographical</a> features include low central <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plains</a> surrounded by coastal mountains. The highest peak is <a href="/wiki/Carrauntoohil" title="Carrauntoohil">Carrauntoohil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Corrán Tuathail</i>), which is 1,039 metres (3,409 ft) above sea level. The western <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coastline</a> is rugged, with many islands, <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsulas</a>, headlands and bays, while the southern and northern coasts have a smaller number of substantial sea inlets, such as <a href="/wiki/Lough_Foyle" title="Lough Foyle">Lough Foyle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cork_Harbour" title="Cork Harbour">Cork Harbour</a>; no part of the land is more than around 110 km (68 mi) from the sea. The island is almost bisected by the <a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a>, which at 360.5 km (224 mi) with a 102.1 km (63 mi) <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> is the longest river in Ireland and flows south from <a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">County Cavan</a> in the province of <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> to form the boundary between <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a>, and later <a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a>, and meet the Atlantic just south and west of <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lough_Neagh" title="Lough Neagh">Lough Neagh</a> is the largest of several sizeable lakes along Ireland's rivers. </p><p>The island has a temperate oceanic climate, mild and humid, and is warmer than other landmasses at the same latitude thanks to the winds on the Atlantic Ocean, ocean currents, and circulations. The island is one of the least forested areas in Europe, though forestation is growing, but has a strong agricultural sector. It has a limited range of mineral resources, and has only had two major gas finds, and none in the oil sector. Hydroelectric energy is used, and wind farms are growing; neither solar nor <a href="/wiki/Tidal_energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidal energy">tidal energy</a> is much exploited. </p><p>Politically, the island consists of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, with jurisdiction over about five-sixths of the island, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">constituent part</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, with jurisdiction over the remaining sixth. The island has traditionally been divided into four provinces, each of which is divided into counties. Of the 32 counties in total, 26 are in the Republic of Ireland, with the remaining 6 in Northern Ireland. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geological_development">Geological development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geological development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Ireland" title="Geology of Ireland">Geology of Ireland</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SlieveLeague1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SlieveLeague1.jpg/220px-SlieveLeague1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SlieveLeague1.jpg/330px-SlieveLeague1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SlieveLeague1.jpg/440px-SlieveLeague1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Slieve_League" title="Slieve League">Slieve League</a> in western <a href="/wiki/Banagh" title="Banagh">Banagh</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The geology of Ireland is diverse. Different regions contain rocks belonging to different geological periods, dating back almost 2 billion years. The oldest known Irish <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rock</a> is about 1.7 billion years old and is found on <a href="/wiki/Inishtrahull_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Inishtrahull Island">Inishtrahull Island</a> off the north coast of <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on the mainland at Annagh Head on the <a href="/wiki/Mullet_Peninsula" title="Mullet Peninsula">Mullet Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newer formations are the <a href="/wiki/Drumlin" title="Drumlin">drumlins</a> and glacial valleys as a result of the last ice age, and the sinkholes and cave formations in the limestone regions of Clare.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ireland's geological history includes a wide range of elements, from <a href="/wiki/Volcanism" title="Volcanism">volcanism</a> and tropical seas to the <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial period">last glacial period</a>. Ireland was formed in two distinct parts, which slowly joined, <a href="/wiki/Iapetus_Suture" title="Iapetus Suture">uniting</a> about 440 million years ago. As a result of tectonics and the effect of ice, the sea level has risen and fallen. In every area of the country, the rocks which formed can be seen as a result. Finally, the impact of the glaciers shaped the landscape seen today.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The variation between the two areas, along with the differences between volcanic areas and shallow seas, led to a range of soils. There are extensive <a href="/wiki/Bog" title="Bog">bogs</a> and free-draining brown earths. The mountains are <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> with <a href="/wiki/Karst" title="Karst">karst</a> areas, and <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">basalt</a> formations.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of Ireland was probably above sea level during the <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">last 60 million years</a>. As such its landscapes have been shaped by <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weathering" title="Weathering">weathering</a> on land.<sup id="cite_ref-SimmsCoxon_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimmsCoxon-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Protracted erosion also means most of the <a href="/wiki/Paleogene" title="Paleogene">Paleogene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neogene" title="Neogene">Neogene</a> sediments have been eroded away or, as known in a few cases, buried by <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> deposits.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitchell1980_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitchell1980-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation" title="Quaternary glaciation">Quaternary glaciations</a> affected Ireland the landscape had developed thick weathered <a href="/wiki/Regolith" title="Regolith">regolith</a> on the uplands and karst in the lowlands.<sup id="cite_ref-SimmsCoxon_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimmsCoxon-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been some controversy regarding the origin of the <a href="/wiki/Planation_surface" title="Planation surface">planation surfaces</a> found in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitchell1980_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitchell1980-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some have argued for an origin in marine planation, others regard these surfaces as <a href="/wiki/Peneplain" title="Peneplain">peneplains</a> formed by weathering and <a href="/wiki/Cycle_of_erosion" title="Cycle of erosion">fluvial erosion</a>. Not only is their origin disputed but also their actual extent and the relative role of <a href="/wiki/Eustacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Eustacy">sea-level change</a> and tectonics in their shaping.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitchell1980_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitchell1980-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most river systems in Ireland formed in the Cenozoic before the Quaternary glaciations. Rivers follow for most of their course <a href="/wiki/Structural_geology" title="Structural geology">structural</a> features of the <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Ireland" title="Geology of Ireland">geology of Ireland</a>. Marine erosion since the <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> may have made Ireland's western coast retreat more than 100 km. Pre-Quaternary relief was more dramatic than today's <a href="/wiki/Glacial_erosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Glacial erosion">glacier-smoothened</a> landscapes.<sup id="cite_ref-SimmsCoxon_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimmsCoxon-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Physical geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mountain_ranges">Mountain ranges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mountain ranges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Ireland">List of mountains in Ireland</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_physical_large.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ireland_physical_large.png/220px-Ireland_physical_large.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ireland_physical_large.png/330px-Ireland_physical_large.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ireland_physical_large.png/440px-Ireland_physical_large.png 2x" data-file-width="592" data-file-height="706" /></a><figcaption>Mountains, lakes, rivers and other physical features of Ireland are shown on this map.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ireland consists of a mostly flat low-lying area in what are known as the Midlands. It is ringed by mountain ranges such as—beginning in County Cork and working clockwise—the <a href="/wiki/Boggeragh_Mountains" title="Boggeragh Mountains">Boggeragh Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derrynasaggart_Mountains" title="Derrynasaggart Mountains">Derrynasaggart Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caha_Mountains" title="Caha Mountains">Caha Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacGillycuddy%27s_Reeks" title="MacGillycuddy's Reeks">MacGillycuddy's Reeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slieve_Mish_Mountains" title="Slieve Mish Mountains">Slieve Mish Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mullaghareirk_Mountains" title="Mullaghareirk Mountains">Mullaghareirk Mountains</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Bens" title="Twelve Bens">Twelve Bens</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maumturks" title="Maumturks">Maumturks</a> group, <a href="/wiki/Nephinbeg_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Nephinbeg Mountains">Nephinbeg Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ox_Mountains" title="Ox Mountains">Ox Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bluestack_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluestack Mountains">Bluestack Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derryveagh_Mountains" title="Derryveagh Mountains">Derryveagh Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sperrin_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Sperrin Mountains">Sperrin Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mourne_Mountains" title="Mourne Mountains">the Mournes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wicklow_Mountains" title="Wicklow Mountains">Wicklow Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackstairs_Mountains" title="Blackstairs Mountains">Blackstairs Mountains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comeragh_Mountains" title="Comeragh Mountains">Comeragh Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knockmealdown_Mountains" title="Knockmealdown Mountains">Knockmealdown Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HandBk1849_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HandBk1849-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 3">: 3 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MountainsofIrelandBook_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MountainsofIrelandBook-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some mountain ranges are further inland in the south of Ireland, such as the <a href="/wiki/Galtee_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Galtee Mountains">Galtee Mountains</a> (the highest inland range),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Silvermine_Mountains" title="Silvermine Mountains">Silvermine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slieve_Bloom_Mountains" title="Slieve Bloom Mountains">Slieve Bloom Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is an area of raised land near the northeastern coast, the Antrim Plateau, which contains the <a href="/wiki/Glens_of_Antrim" title="Glens of Antrim">Glens of Antrim</a>; this area is sometimes called the Mountains of Antrim.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest peak <a href="/wiki/Carrauntoohil" title="Carrauntoohil">Carrauntoohil</a>, at 1,038.6 m (3,407 ft) high,<sup id="cite_ref-OSIFAQS_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIFAQS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, a range of glacier-carved sandstone mountains. Only three peaks on the island are over 1,000 m (3,300 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-OSIFAQS_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIFAQS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and another 457 exceed 500 m (1,600 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are a number of walking trails in the mountains, with the longest being that through the Wicklow Mountains. In the Mourne Mountains, with multiple walking trails, a wall was built between the 13 major peaks, the 36-kilometre-long (22 mi) Mourne Wall.<sup id="cite_ref-MountainsofIrelandBook_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MountainsofIrelandBook-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ireland is sometimes known as the "Emerald Isle" because of its green landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers_and_lakes">Rivers and lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rivers and lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">List of rivers of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_loughs_of_Ireland" title="List of loughs of Ireland">List of loughs of Ireland</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG/220px-NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG/330px-NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG/440px-NunsTurgesius_Castle_isles_Lough_Lene.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lough_Lene" title="Lough Lene">Lough Lene</a>, County Westmeath</figcaption></figure> <p>Waterbodies accounted for around 2% of the land area of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland are over 74,000 kilometres (46,000 mi) of rivers and streams, more than 125,000 hectares (310,000 acres) of lake and over 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of reservoirs; these are not evenly distributed—over 30% of the watercourse length is found in Counties Cork, Donegal and Mayo, while Counties Mayo and Galway hold over 40% of the total lake area. Almost all of the reservoir area lies in just two counties, Wicklow (2/3) and Cork (1/3).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Northern Ireland, Lough Neagh is by far the leading source of water.<sup id="cite_ref-LNeagh_NIWater_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LNeagh_NIWater-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a>, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi) in length, is the longest river in Ireland and Britain. With a drainage area of 16,865 km<sup>2</sup> (6,512 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Shannon_River_Basin" title="Shannon River Basin">Shannon River Basin</a> covers one-fifth of the island. The Shannon crosses 11 counties and divides the west of Ireland from the south and east. The river develops into three large lakes along its course, <a href="/wiki/Lough_Allen" title="Lough Allen">Lough Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lough_Ree" title="Lough Ree">Lough Ree</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derg_(Shannon)" title="Lough Derg (Shannon)">Lough Derg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OSIFAQS_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIFAQS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The River Shannon enters the Atlantic Ocean at <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> city along the <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Estuary" title="Shannon Estuary">Shannon Estuary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other major rivers include the <a href="/wiki/River_Liffey" title="River Liffey">River Liffey</a> and its leading tributary, the <a href="/wiki/River_Dodder" title="River Dodder">River Dodder</a>, and the nearby <a href="/wiki/River_Tolka" title="River Tolka">Tolka River</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Slaney" title="River Slaney">River Slaney</a>, the Three Sisters (the Rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Nore" title="River Nore">Nore</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Suir" title="River Suir">Suir</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Barrow" title="River Barrow">Barrow</a>), <a href="/wiki/River_Lee_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Lee (Ireland)">River Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Erne" title="River Erne">River Erne</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Foyle" title="River Foyle">Foyle River</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Bann" title="River Bann">River Bann</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Lagan" title="River Lagan">River Lagan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/River_Boyne" title="River Boyne">River Boyne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also multiple River Blackwaters, the most significant being the <a href="/wiki/Munster_Blackwater" title="Munster Blackwater">Munster Blackwater</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river with the greatest output volume is the Shannon but the second-greatest volume is in the short but powerful <a href="/wiki/River_Corrib" title="River Corrib">River Corrib</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ospar_Convention_2009_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ospar_Convention_2009-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lough_Neagh" title="Lough Neagh">Lough Neagh</a>, in Ulster,<sup id="cite_ref-OSIFAQS_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIFAQS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain with an area of 392 km<sup>2</sup> (151 sq mi). The largest lake in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> is Lough Corrib 176 km<sup>2</sup> (68 sq mi). Other large lakes, besides the three major Shannon examples, include the two linked lakes known as <a href="/wiki/Lough_Erne" title="Lough Erne">Lough Erne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lough_Mask" title="Lough Mask">Lough Mask</a> and Lough Corrib, and <a href="/wiki/Lough_Conn" title="Lough Conn">Lough Conn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtlasforSchools_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtlasforSchools-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OSIFAQS_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSIFAQS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inlets">Inlets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inlets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_coastline" title="List of Irish counties by coastline">List of Irish counties by coastline</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Killary_Harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A photograph of Killary Harbour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Killary_Harbour.jpg/220px-Killary_Harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Killary_Harbour.jpg/330px-Killary_Harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Killary_Harbour.jpg/440px-Killary_Harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2137" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Killary_Harbour" title="Killary Harbour">Killary Harbour</a> forms a natural border between counties <a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a> for 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)</figcaption></figure> <p>In County Donegal, <a href="/wiki/Lough_Swilly" title="Lough Swilly">Lough Swilly</a> separates the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Inishowen_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Inishowen peninsula">Inishowen peninsula</a> from the wider county. <a href="/wiki/Lough_Foyle" title="Lough Foyle">Lough Foyle</a> on the other side, is one of Ireland's larger inlets, situated between County Donegal and <a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">County Londonderry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-donegal_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donegal-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clockwise round the coast is <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Lough" title="Belfast Lough">Belfast Lough</a>, between County Antrim and County Down.<sup id="cite_ref-down_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-down-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in County Down is <a href="/wiki/Strangford_Lough" title="Strangford Lough">Strangford Lough</a>, actually an inlet partially separating the <a href="/wiki/Ards_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Ards peninsula">Ards peninsula</a> from the mainland. Further south, <a href="/wiki/Carlingford_Lough" title="Carlingford Lough">Carlingford Lough</a> is situated between Down and <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">County Louth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-down_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-down-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Bay" title="Dublin Bay">Dublin Bay</a> is the next sizeable inlet. The east coast of Ireland has no major inlets until <a href="/wiki/Wexford_Harbour" title="Wexford Harbour">Wexford Harbour</a> at the mouth of the River Slaney.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the south coast, <a href="/wiki/Waterford_Harbour" title="Waterford Harbour">Waterford Harbour</a> is situated at the mouth of the River Suir,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into which the other two of the <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Sisters_(Ireland)" title="The Three Sisters (Ireland)">Three Sisters</a> (the Rivers Nore and Barrow) flow. The next major inlet is <a href="/wiki/Cork_Harbour" title="Cork Harbour">Cork Harbour</a>, at the mouth of the River Lee, in which <a href="/wiki/Great_Island" title="Great Island">Great Island</a> is situated.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dunmanus_Bay" title="Dunmanus Bay">Dunmanus Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenmare_River" title="Kenmare River">Kenmare estuary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dingle_Bay" title="Dingle Bay">Dingle Bay</a> are all inlets between the peninsulas of western <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">County Kerry</a>. North of these is the Shannon Estuary. Between north County Clare and County Galway is <a href="/wiki/Galway_Bay" title="Galway Bay">Galway Bay</a>. <a href="/wiki/Clew_Bay" title="Clew Bay">Clew Bay</a> is located on the coast of <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>, south of <a href="/wiki/Achill_Island" title="Achill Island">Achill Island</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Broadhaven_Bay" title="Broadhaven Bay">Broadhaven Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blacksod_Bay" title="Blacksod Bay">Blacksod Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sruth_Fada_Conn" class="mw-redirect" title="Sruth Fada Conn">Sruth Fada Conn</a> bays are situated in northwest Connacht, in North Mayo. <a href="/wiki/Killala_Bay" title="Killala Bay">Killala Bay</a> is on the northeast coast of Mayo. <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Bay" title="Donegal Bay">Donegal Bay</a> is a major inlet between County Donegal and <a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">County Sligo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-donegal_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donegal-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 565 km<sup>2</sup> (218 sq mi) of tidal flats in Ireland, making it the 43rd-ranked country in terms of tidal flat area.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headlands">Headlands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Headlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Malin_Head" title="Malin Head">Malin Head</a> is the most northerly point in Ireland,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Mizen_Head" title="Mizen Head">Mizen Head</a> is one of the <a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Ireland" title="Extreme points of Ireland">most southern points</a>, hence the term "from <a href="/wiki/Malin_to_Mizen" title="Malin to Mizen">Malin to Mizen</a>" (or the reverse) is used for anything applying to the island of Ireland as a whole. <a href="/wiki/Carnsore_Point" title="Carnsore Point">Carnsore Point</a> is another extreme point of Ireland, being its southeasternmost point. <a href="/wiki/Hook_Head" title="Hook Head">Hook Head</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Old_Head_of_Kinsale" title="Old Head of Kinsale">Old Head of Kinsale</a> are two of many headlands along the south coast.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Loop_Head" title="Loop Head">Loop Head</a> is the headland at which County Clare comes to a point on the west coast of Ireland, with the Atlantic on the north, and the Shannon estuary to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hag%27s_Head" title="Hag's Head">Hag's Head</a> is another headland further up Clare's north/western coastline, with the <a href="/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher" title="Cliffs of Moher">Cliffs of Moher</a> along the coastline north of the point.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islands_and_peninsulas">Islands and peninsulas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Islands and peninsulas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland" title="List of islands of Ireland">List of islands of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_County_Mayo" title="List of islands of County Mayo">List of islands of County Mayo</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dingle_Peninsula.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dingle_Peninsula.jpg/220px-Dingle_Peninsula.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dingle_Peninsula.jpg/330px-Dingle_Peninsula.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dingle_Peninsula.jpg/440px-Dingle_Peninsula.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Dingle Peninsula as viewed from <a href="/wiki/Banna_Strand" title="Banna Strand">Banna Strand</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Achill Island, off the west coast, is the largest of Ireland's offshore islands. Achill is inhabited, and is permanently connected to the mainland by a bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the next largest islands are the <a href="/wiki/Aran_Islands" title="Aran Islands">Aran Islands</a>, off the coast of southern <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a>, host to an Irish-speaking community, or <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a>. <a href="/wiki/Valentia_Island" title="Valentia Island">Valentia Island</a> off the <a href="/wiki/Iveragh_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Iveragh peninsula">Iveragh peninsula</a> is also one of Ireland's larger islands, and is relatively settled, as well as being connected by a bridge at its southeastern end.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Omey_Island" title="Omey Island">Omey Island</a>, off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Connemara" title="Connemara">Connemara</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Tidal_island" title="Tidal island">tidal island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the best-known peninsulas in Ireland are in Counties Cork and Kerry: the <a href="/wiki/Dingle_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Dingle peninsula">Dingle peninsula</a>, the Iveragh peninsula and the <a href="/wiki/Beara_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Beara peninsula">Beara peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other promontories outside the southwest include the <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad (Fannet Head)</a>, Mullet Peninsula, the Old Head of Kinsale, Hook Head, <a href="/wiki/Howth_Head" title="Howth Head">Howth Head</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cooley_Peninsula" title="Cooley Peninsula">Cooley Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HandBk1849_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HandBk1849-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup> The Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head, and several towns, including <a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a> on Lough Swilly,<sup id="cite_ref-UKIndo_Inishowen_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKIndo_Inishowen-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moville" title="Moville">Moville</a> on Lough Foyle.<sup id="cite_ref-InishowenBk_Swan_1938_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InishowenBk_Swan_1938-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ireland's most northerly undisputed land feature is Inishtrahull island, off Malin Head.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rockall" title="Rockall">Rockall</a> Island lies farther north but its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> (on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most southerly point is the <a href="/wiki/Fastnet_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Fastnet Rock">Fastnet Rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hebrides" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a> off <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Scotland" title="Geography of Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a> off <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Wales" title="Geography of Wales">Wales</a> were grouped with Ireland ("<a href="/wiki/Hibernia" title="Hibernia">Hibernia</a>") by the Greco-Roman geographer <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Ptolemy" class="mw-redirect" title="Claudius Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forests">Forests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Forests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ireland, like the neighbouring Great Britain, was once covered in forest. Clearing of forests began in the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic Age">Neolithic Age</a> and accelerated following the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor Conquest</a>, resulting in forest cover of only 1% by the start of the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2017, total tree cover in the Republic of Ireland stood at 11% of land area<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the figure for native forest stood at just 2% in 2018, the third lowest in Europe, behind Iceland and Malta.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the 172 countries assessed, Ireland has the sixth most degraded forest landscape in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_geography">Marine geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Marine geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coastline of Ireland is 7,524 kilometres (4,675 mi) long.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the continental shelf extends far to the west and southwest, the larger of the two jurisdictions on the island has extensive seabed claims, exceeding 880,000 square kilometres (340,000 sq mi), more than 10 times the land area.<sup id="cite_ref-SeabedMap_MarInst_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeabedMap_MarInst-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate of Ireland</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png/250px-Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png/330px-Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png/500px-Ireland_island_K%C3%B6ppen.png 2x" data-file-width="5100" data-file-height="7800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate types</a> in Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">climate of Ireland</a> is mild, humid and changeable with abundant <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> and a lack of <a href="/wiki/Temperature_extremes" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperature extremes">temperature extremes</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>'s climate is defined as a <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a>, or <i>Cfb</i> on the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-PeeFinMcM_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeeFinMcM-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country receives generally warm summers and mild winters. It is considerably warmer than other areas at the same <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> on the other side of the Atlantic, such as in <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, because<sup id="cite_ref-marine_climatology_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marine_climatology-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it lies downwind of the Atlantic Ocean, and is also warmer than maritime climates near the same latitude, such as the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest</a>, as a result of heat released by the Atlantic overturning circulation that includes the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current" title="North Atlantic Current">North Atlantic Current</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Stream" title="Gulf Stream">Gulf Stream</a>. For comparison, <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> is 9 °C warmer than <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador">St. John's</a> in Newfoundland in winter.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The influence of the North Atlantic Current also ensures the coastline of Ireland remains ice-free throughout the winter.<sup id="cite_ref-Edu1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edu1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The climate in Ireland does not experience extreme weather, with tornadoes and similar weather features being rare.<sup id="cite_ref-MetE2_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetE2-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MetE3_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetE3-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Ireland is prone to eastward moving cyclones which come in from the North Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The prevailing wind comes from the southwest, breaking on the high mountains of the west coast.<sup id="cite_ref-marine_climatology_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marine_climatology-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rainfall is therefore a particularly prominent part of western Irish life, with Valentia Island, off the west coast of County Kerry, getting over twice as much annual rainfall as Dublin on the east (1,557 mm or 61.3 in vs. 714 mm or 28.1 in).<sup id="cite_ref-MetE4_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetE4-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The overall mean temperature (measured 1990–2020) is 9.8 °C (49.6 °F). January and February are the coldest months of the year, with mean daily air temperatures of 5.3 to 5.5 °C (41.5 to 41.9 °F) during these months. July and August are the warmest, with mean daily temperatures of 15 to 15.2 °C (59.0 to 59.4 °F), whilst mean daily maximums in July and August are 18.9 to 19.1 °C (66.0 to 66.4 °F), lower near the coast, higher inland.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sunniest months are May and June, with an average of five to seven hours sunshine per day.<sup id="cite_ref-MetE5_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetE5-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though extreme weather events in Ireland are comparatively rare when compared with other countries in the European Continent, they do occur. Atlantic depressions, occurring mainly in the months of December, January and February, can occasionally bring winds of up to 160 km/h or 99 mph to Western coastal counties; while the summer months, and particularly around late July/early August, thunderstorms can develop.<sup id="cite_ref-Storm_Katia_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm_Katia-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Storm_Darwin_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm_Darwin-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thunderstorms_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thunderstorms-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tables below show mean 30-year climate averages for Ireland's two largest cities, taken from the weather stations at <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">Dublin Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> respectively. The state metrological service for the Republic of Ireland is <a href="/wiki/Met_%C3%89ireann" title="Met Éireann">Met Éireann</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a> monitors climate data for Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Met1_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met1-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Dublin Airport (<a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">DUB</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1881–present<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.6<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.4<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.8<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.7<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.7<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.3<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.7<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−15.7<br />(3.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.8<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.4<br />(2.06) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.4<br />(2.02) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.0<br />(2.17) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.0<br />(2.24) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.0<br />(2.52) </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.0<br />(2.40) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.4<br />(2.89) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br />(2.49) </td> <td style="background: #8AFF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.4<br />(3.09) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.7<br />(3.26) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(2.84) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">772.5<br />(30.41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">137.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3 </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 15:00 UTC)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000F7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000FB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000F3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000BD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #6E6E6E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.2 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.8 </td> <td style="background: #B6B65D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">121.0 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.9 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">197.3 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">180.1 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158.3 </td> <td style="background: #C6C600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.4 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">129.4 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105.9 </td> <td style="background: #8A8A8A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.5 </td> <td style="background: #676767; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56.6 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,485.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Daytime" title="Daytime">daylight hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F111; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF64; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF42; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7 </td> <td style="background: #F5F51C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Met Éireann<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-absmax_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-absmax-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-absmin_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-absmin-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Met.ie_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met.ie-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a>(dew point)<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WeatherAtlas (Daylight hours and UV Index)<sup id="cite_ref-Weather-Atlas_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weather-Atlas-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weather station is located 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) from the Dublin city centre.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Extremes are recorded at multiple stations near Dublin, including Dublin Airport, Casement, Phoenix Park, Merrion Square, Glasnevin, Peamount and Trinity College.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#WMO_station_identifiers" title="Location identifier">WMO ID</a>: 03917; coordinates <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Geography_of_Ireland&params=54.66376_N_6.22512_W_type:landmark_region:GB&title=BFS"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°39′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°13′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.66376°N 6.22512°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.66376; -6.22512</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">BFS</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>; elevation: 63 m (207 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1930–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.8<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.7<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.2<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.2<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.6<br />(16.5) </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.9<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−14.9<br />(5.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.0<br />(3.03) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br />(2.49) </td> <td style="background: #A4FFA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.6<br />(2.39) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.6<br />(2.19) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.9<br />(2.20) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.0<br />(2.68) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.8<br />(3.10) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.5<br />(3.33) </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.2<br />(2.72) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.0<br />(3.46) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.7<br />(3.45) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.5<br />(3.29) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">872.0<br />(34.33) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4949FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.7 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #5151FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.1 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.2 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.0 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.5 </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.2 </td> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">161.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000A9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">89 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88 </td> <td style="background: #0000A9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">89 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90 </td> <td style="background: #00009E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">92 </td> <td style="background: #00009E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">92 </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">91 </td> <td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">90 </td> <td style="background: #0000A9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">89 </td> <td style="background: #0000A1; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">91 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #595959; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48.7 </td> <td style="background: #909090; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.1 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">108.4 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">157.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">197.9 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.6 </td> <td style="background: #C4C408; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.0 </td> <td style="background: #C2C217; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.4 </td> <td style="background: #B8B850; color:#000000;" class="notheme">121.5 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.2 </td> <td style="background: #737373; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.3 </td> <td style="background: #565656; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.1 </td> <td style="background: #B4B469; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,372 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a><sup id="cite_ref-Met_Averages_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Met_Averages-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (relative humidity and snow days 1961–-1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute">KNMI</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starlings Roost Weather<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_and_human_geography">Political and human geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Political and human geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local government in the Republic of Ireland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Local government in Northern Ireland</a></div> <p>Ireland is divided into four <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">provinces</a>—Connacht, <a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a>—and 32 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">counties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-placenames_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-placenames-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six of the nine Ulster counties form Northern Ireland and the other 26 form the state, Ireland. The map shows all 32 counties. </p> <table style="margin:auto" cellpadding="10"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_trad_counties_blank_(numbered).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Ireland with numbered counties"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg/400px-Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="500" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg/600px-Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg/800px-Ireland_trad_counties_blank_%28numbered%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>(Republic of) Ireland</b> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Wexford" title="County Wexford">Wexford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">Carlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Monaghan" title="County Monaghan">Monaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">Cavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Longford" title="County Longford">Longford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Westmeath" title="County Westmeath">Westmeath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">Waterford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a></li></ol> </td> <td> <ol start="18"> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">Limerick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">Sligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Leitrim" title="County Leitrim">Leitrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a></li> </ol> <p><b>Northern Ireland</b> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">Fermanagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">Londonderry (Derry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">Armagh</a></li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Administratively, 23 of the counties in the Republic of Ireland are local government areas. Three contain more than one local government areas: the cities of Dublin, <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a> have city councils that are administered separately from the counties bearing those names, and the remaining part of <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a> is divided into <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire%E2%80%93Rathdown" title="Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown">Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fingal" title="Fingal">Fingal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Dublin" title="South Dublin">South Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-placenames_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-placenames-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are therefore a total of 31 local authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-31LocAuth_LAJobs_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31LocAuth_LAJobs-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">County Tipperary</a> had two <a href="/wiki/Riding_(division)#Ireland" title="Riding (division)">ridings</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Tipperary" title="North Tipperary">North Tipperary</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Tipperary" title="South Tipperary">South Tipperary</a>, originally established in 1838, renamed in 2001<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and amalgamated in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cities of Limerick and <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a> were merged with their respective county councils in 2014 to form new city and county councils. </p><p>In making its recommendations on changes to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">Dáil constituencies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a> is required to avoid breaching county boundaries as far as practicable.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, a major re-organisation of local government in 1973 replaced the six traditional counties and two <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>) with 26 single-tier <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Northern Ireland">districts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-doe-ni_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doe-ni-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, apart from Fermanagh, cross the traditional county boundaries. The six counties and two county boroughs remain in use for purposes such as <a href="/wiki/Lord-Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord-Lieutenant">Lieutenancy</a>. Under a <a href="/wiki/Reform_of_local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Reform of local government in Northern Ireland">further reform in 2015</a>, this was revised into 11 areas: the city of Belfast and 10 districts. </p><p>According to separate censuses conducted in 2021 and 2022, the island's population is over 7 million people concentrated in the east and south, particularly in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and their surrounding areas. The <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 United Kingdom census</a> recorded a population in Northern Ireland of 1,903,175 and the <a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022 Irish census</a> recorded a population of the Republic of Ireland of 5,149,139.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Natural_resources">Natural resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Natural resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural resources of Ireland">Natural resources of Ireland</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fens_and_bogs">Fens and bogs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Fens and bogs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BordnaMona_2930.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BordnaMona_2930.jpg/220px-BordnaMona_2930.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BordnaMona_2930.jpg/330px-BordnaMona_2930.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BordnaMona_2930.jpg/440px-BordnaMona_2930.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2167" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bord_na_M%C3%B3na" title="Bord na Móna">Bord na Móna</a> peat-harvesting in the <a href="/wiki/Bog_of_Allen" title="Bog of Allen">Bog of Allen</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Ireland has 12,000 km<sup>2</sup> (about 4,600 sq miles) of bog land,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consisting of two distinct types: <a href="/wiki/Blanket_bog" title="Blanket bog">blanket bogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raised_bog" title="Raised bog">raised bogs</a>. There is also a modest amount of surviving fen, a related landform.<sup id="cite_ref-GuideIrishPeatlands_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuideIrishPeatlands-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–12">: 5–12 </span></sup> </p><p>Raised bogs, most commonly found in the Shannon basin, are scarcer than blanket bogs. They formed when depressions left behind after the ice age filled with water to form lakes. Debris from reeds in these lakes formed a layer of at the bottom of the water. This eventually choked the lakes and raised above the surface, forming raised bogs.<sup id="cite_ref-GuideIrishPeatlands_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuideIrishPeatlands-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–10">: 5–10 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blanket bogs are essentially a product of human activity aided by the moist Irish climate, having formed on sites where <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> farmers cleared trees for farming.<sup id="cite_ref-IPCC_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPCC-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the land so cleared fell into disuse, the soil began to leach and become more acidic, producing a suitable environment for the growth of <a href="/wiki/Calluna" title="Calluna">heather</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juncaceae" title="Juncaceae">rushes</a>. The debris from these plants accumulated and a layer of <a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">peat</a> formed. One of the largest expanses of Atlantic blanket bog in Ireland is to be found in County Mayo.<sup id="cite_ref-GuideIrishPeatlands_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuideIrishPeatlands-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 10–12">: 10–12 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IPCC_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPCC-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_and_concerns">Usage and concerns</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Usage and concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the 17th century, peat has been cut for fuel for domestic heating and cooking, and it is called turf when so used. The process accelerated as commercial exploitation of bogs grew. In the 1940s, machines for cutting turf were introduced and larger-scale harvesting became possible. In the Republic, this became the responsibility of a semi-state company called <a href="/wiki/Bord_na_M%C3%B3na" title="Bord na Móna">Bord na Móna</a>. In addition to domestic uses, commercially extracted turf is used in a number of industries, producing <a href="/wiki/Briquette#Peat_briquettes" title="Briquette">peat briquettes</a> for domestic fuel and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milled_peat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milled peat (page does not exist)">milled peat</a> for electricity generation.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently peat is being combined with <a href="/wiki/Biomass" title="Biomass">biomass</a> for dual-firing electricity generation.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, the destruction of bogs has raised environmental concerns. The issue is particularly acute for raised bogs which were more widely mined as they yield a higher-grade fuel than blanket bogs. Plans are now in place in both the Republic and Northern Ireland to conserve most of the remaining raised bogs on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oil,_natural_gas_and_minerals"><span id="Oil.2C_natural_gas_and_minerals"></span>Oil, natural gas and minerals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Oil, natural gas and minerals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG/220px-Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG/330px-Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG/440px-Dunchiortan3may08_029.JPG 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Corrib_gas_project" title="Corrib gas project">Corrib gas project</a> pipeline makes landfall at <a href="/wiki/Glengad" title="Glengad">Glengad</a>, County Mayo</figcaption></figure> <p>Ireland is the largest European producer of <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a>, with one zinc-lead mine currently in operation at <a href="/wiki/Tara_Mine" title="Tara Mine">Tara</a>, which is Europe's largest and deepest active mine. Other mineral deposits with actual or potential commercial value include gold, silver, <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talc" title="Talc">talc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calcite" title="Calcite">calcite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(mineral)" title="Dolomite (mineral)">dolomite</a>, roofing <a href="/wiki/Slate" title="Slate">slate</a>, limestone aggregate, <a href="/wiki/Building_stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Building stone">building stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gravel" title="Gravel">gravel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hydrocarbons">Hydrocarbons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Hydrocarbons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Offshore exploration for natural gas began in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-sch_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sch-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first major discovery was the <a href="/wiki/Kinsale_Head_gas_field" title="Kinsale Head gas field">Kinsale Head gas field</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next were the smaller Ballycotton gas field in 1989,<sup id="cite_ref-sch_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sch-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Corrib_gas_project" title="Corrib gas project">Corrib gas field</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gas from these fields is pumped ashore and used for both domestic and industrial purposes. The Helvick oil field, estimated to contain over 28 million barrels (4,500,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of oil, was discovered in 2000, and <a href="/wiki/Barryroe" title="Barryroe">Barryroe</a>, estimated to contain 1.6 billion barrels (250,000,000 m3) of oil, was discovered in 2012, although neither have been exploited.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2007 the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (now replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Communications,_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources">Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources</a>) reported that there may be volumes over 130 billion barrels (2.1<span style="margin:0 .15em 0 .25em">×</span>10<sup>10</sup> m<sup>3</sup>) of petroleum and 50 trillion cubic feet (1,400 km<sup>3</sup>) of natural gas in Irish waters<sup id="cite_ref-oilbonanza_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oilbonanza-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – worth trillions of <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a>, if true. The minimum confirmed amount of oil in the Irish Atlantic waters is 10 billion barrels (1.6<span style="margin:0 .15em 0 .25em">×</span>10<sup>9</sup> m<sup>3</sup>), worth over €450 billion. There are also areas of petroleum and natural gas on shore, for example the Lough Allen basin, with 9.4 trillion cubic feet (270 km<sup>3</sup>) of gas and 1.5 billion barrels (240,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of oil, valued at €74.4 billion. Already some fields are being exploited, such as the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Point,_County_Clare" title="Spanish Point, County Clare">Spanish Point</a> field, with 1.25 trillion cubic feet (35 km<sup>3</sup>) of gas and 206 million barrels (32,800,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of oil, valued at €19.6 billion. The Corrib Basin is also quite large, worth anything up to €87 billion, while the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dunquin_gas_field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dunquin gas field (page does not exist)">Dunquin gas field</a>, initially estimated to have 25 trillion cubic feet (710 km<sup>3</sup>) of natural gas and 4.13 billion barrels (657,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of petroleum<sup id="cite_ref-oilbonanza_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oilbonanza-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but 2012 revised estimates suggest only 14 trillion cubic feet (400 km<sup>3</sup>) of natural gas and .5 billion barrels (79,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of oil condensate.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2012, the first commercial oil well was drilled 70 km (43 mi) off the Cork coast by Providence Resources, renamed Barryroe Offshore.<sup id="cite_ref-S&P_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S&P-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, Providence's executive <a href="/wiki/Tony_O%27Reilly,_Junior" title="Tony O'Reilly, Junior">Tony O'Reilly Jr.</a> said, "It's a defining moment for the Irish offshore oil and gas industry."<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Barryroe oil well was yielding 3,500 barrels per day in exploratory drilling; at oil prices of $120 a barrel, Barryroe oil well was worth in excess of €2.14bn annually in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment,_Climate_and_Communications" title="Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications">Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications</a> declined approval of the "Lease Undertaking" that would be necessary to finish appraisal drilling, and Barryroe Offshore Energy will now wind down their business by a <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_liquidation" class="mw-redirect" title="Voluntary liquidation">voluntary liquidation</a> so the field may not be developed. Legal action may be taken by investors against the Irish government including the minor 20% investor Lansdowne Oil & Gas.<sup id="cite_ref-S&P_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S&P-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Renewable_energy">Renewable energy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Renewable energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Renewable energy in the Republic of Ireland">Renewable energy in the Republic of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Ireland" title="Wind power in Ireland">Wind power in Ireland</a></div> <p>Under the original 2009 <a href="/wiki/Renewable_Energy_Directive" class="mw-redirect" title="Renewable Energy Directive">Renewable Energy Directive</a> the Republic of Ireland had set a target of producing 16% of all its energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020 but in 2018 the second Renewable Energy Directive increased the target to 32% by 2030. Between 2005 and 2014 the percentage of energy from renewable energy sources grew from just 3.1% to 8.6% of total final consumption. By 2020 the overall renewable energy share was 13.5%, short of its Renewable Energy Drive target of 16%.<sup id="cite_ref-seai_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seai-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renewable electricity accounted for 69% of all renewable energy used in 2020, up from two thirds (66.8%) in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-seai_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seai-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wind">Wind</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Wind"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote 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title="Arklow Bank"><img alt="Arklow Bank" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg/8px-Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg/12px-Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg/16px-Dark_Green_004040_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Arklow Bank</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.705%;left:47.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Altagowlan"><img alt="Altagowlan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Altagowlan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.114%;left:48.883%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Anarget"><img alt="Anarget" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Anarget</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.545%;left:20.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Astellas"><img alt="Astellas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Astellas</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.614%;left:23.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballincollig Hill"><img alt="Ballincollig Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballincollig Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.886%;left:49.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballinlough/Ikerrin"><img alt="Ballinlough/Ikerrin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballinlough/Ikerrin</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.886%;left:51.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballinveny"><img alt="Ballinveny" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballinveny</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.523%;left:36.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballybane"><img alt="Ballybane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballybane</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:72.727%;left:65%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballymartin"><img alt="Ballymartin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballymartin</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.705%;left:79.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ballywater"><img alt="Ballywater" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ballywater</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.455%;left:43.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bawnmore"><img alt="Bawnmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bawnmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.455%;left:50.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Barnesmore"><img alt="Barnesmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Barnesmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.114%;left:59.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Beal Hill"><img alt="Beal Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Beal Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.568%;left:50.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Beallough"><img alt="Beallough" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Beallough</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:9.091%;left:59.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Beam Hill"><img alt="Beam Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Beam Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.25%;left:23.883%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Beenageeha"><img alt="Beenageeha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Beenageeha</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.705%;left:23.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bellacorick"><img alt="Bellacorick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bellacorick</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.614%;left:65.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bindoo"><img alt="Bindoo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bindoo</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.955%;left:46.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Black Banks"><img alt="Black Banks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Black Banks</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:84.091%;left:41.95%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Boggeragh"><img alt="Boggeragh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Boggeragh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.886%;left:33.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Booltiagh"><img alt="Booltiagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Booltiagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:14.023%;left:42.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Burtonport"><img alt="Burtonport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Burtonport</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.818%;left:31.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Caherdowney"><img alt="Caherdowney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Caherdowney</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.091%;left:45.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Caranne Hill"><img alt="Caranne Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Caranne Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:16.295%;left:51.95%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="\Cark"><img alt="\Cark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">\Cark</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:77.659%;left:77.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Carnsore"><img alt="Carnsore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Carnsore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.5%;left:38.333%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Carrigcannon"><img alt="Carrigcannon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Carrigcannon</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:60.614%;left:53.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Carrig"><img alt="Carrig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Carrig</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.705%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Carrons"><img alt="Carrons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Carrons</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.568%;left:73.333%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Castledockrell"><img alt="Castledockrell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Castledockrell</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.818%;left:30.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Clydaghroe"><img alt="Clydaghroe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Clydaghroe</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:80.295%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Coomacheo 1"><img alt="Coomacheo 1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Coomacheo 1</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.818%;left:31.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Coomacheo 2"><img alt="Coomacheo 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Coomacheo 2</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:88.25%;left:31.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Coomatallin"><img alt="Coomatallin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Coomatallin</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.205%;left:42.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cornacahan"><img alt="Cornacahan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Cornacahan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.341%;left:55.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Corneen"><img alt="Corneen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Corneen</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.568%;left:25.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Corry Mountain"><img alt="Corry Mountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Corry Mountain</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:85.227%;left:47.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Crocane"><img alt="Crocane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Crocane</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:92.432%;left:29.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Crockahenny"><img alt="Crockahenny" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Crockahenny</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:12.114%;left:46.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cronalaght"><img alt="Cronalaght" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Cronalaght</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.386%;left:74.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cronelea"><img alt="Cronelea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Cronelea</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.386%;left:74.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cronelea Upper"><img alt="Cronelea Upper" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Cronelea Upper</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.159%;left:32.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cuillalea"><img alt="Cuillalea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Cuillalea</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.886%;left:47.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Culliagh"><img alt="Culliagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Culliagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:81.818%;left:31.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Curragh, Co Cork"><img alt="Curragh, Co Cork" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Curragh, Co Cork</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.023%;left:48.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Curraghgraigue"><img alt="Curraghgraigue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Curraghgraigue</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.568%;left:39.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derrybrien"><img alt="Derrybrien" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Derrybrien</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.773%;left:28.333%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derrynadivva"><img alt="Derrynadivva" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Derrynadivva</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.75%;left:34.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dromada"><img alt="Dromada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Dromada</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:9.091%;left:59.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Drumlough"><img alt="Drumlough" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Drumlough</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.5%;left:74.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Drybridge/Dunmore"><img alt="Drybridge/Dunmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Drybridge/Dunmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.364%;left:76.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dundalk"><img alt="Dundalk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Dundalk</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.5%;left:74.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dunmore"><img alt="Dunmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Dunmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.614%;left:62.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Flughland"><img alt="Flughland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Flughland</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.25%;left:67.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gartnaneane"><img alt="Gartnaneane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Gartnaneane</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.091%;left:45.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Geevagh"><img alt="Geevagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Geevagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.977%;left:62.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Glackmore"><img alt="Glackmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Glackmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.795%;left:49.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Glenough"><img alt="Glenough" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Glenough</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.25%;left:65.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gortahaile"><img alt="Gortahaile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Gortahaile</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.705%;left:31.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Grouse Lodge"><img alt="Grouse Lodge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Grouse Lodge</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.045%;left:47.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Garracummer"><img alt="Garracummer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Garracummer</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:93.932%;left:26.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gneeves"><img alt="Gneeves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Gneeves</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.886%;left:68.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Greenoge"><img alt="Greenoge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Greenoge</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.409%;left:27.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Inverin"><img alt="Inverin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Inverin</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.5%;left:26.95%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kealkill"><img alt="Kealkill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kealkill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:83.341%;left:27.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kilgarvan"><img alt="Kilgarvan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kilgarvan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:84.091%;left:26.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kilgarvan Extension"><img alt="Kilgarvan Extension" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kilgarvan Extension</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.977%;left:42.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Killybegs"><img alt="Killybegs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Killybegs</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.432%;left:22.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kilronan"><img alt="Kilronan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kilronan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:88.25%;left:33.333%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kilvinane"><img alt="Kilvinane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kilvinane</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:31.432%;left:39.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kingsmountain"><img alt="Kingsmountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Kingsmountain</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.045%;left:46.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Knockastanna"><img alt="Knockastanna" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Knockastanna</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.25%;left:36.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Knockawarriga"><img alt="Knockawarriga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Knockawarriga</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:78.023%;left:29.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lacka Cross"><img alt="Lacka Cross" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lacka Cross</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:30.682%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lackan"><img alt="Lackan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lackan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:89.386%;left:28.883%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lahanaght Hill"><img alt="Lahanaght Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lahanaght Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.727%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Largan Hill"><img alt="Largan Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Largan Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.886%;left:27.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lenanavea"><img alt="Lenanavea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lenanavea</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:65.159%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lisheen"><img alt="Lisheen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lisheen</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:18.568%;left:43.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Loughderryduff"><img alt="Loughderryduff" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Loughderryduff</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.977%;left:48.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lurganboy"><img alt="Lurganboy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lurganboy</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.659%;left:33.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mace Upper"><img alt="Mace Upper" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mace Upper</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.977%;left:42.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Meenachullalan"><img alt="Meenachullalan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Meenachullalan</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.591%;left:48.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Meenadreen and Meentycat"><img alt="Meenadreen and Meentycat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Meenadreen and Meentycat</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:17.045%;left:52.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Meenanilta"><img alt="Meenanilta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Meenanilta</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.977%;left:42.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Glanlee Midas"><img alt="Glanlee Midas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Glanlee Midas</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.568%;left:47.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mienvee"><img alt="Mienvee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mienvee</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:88.636%;left:30%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Milane Hill"><img alt="Milane Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Milane Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:65.523%;left:66.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Moanmore"><img alt="Moanmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Moanmore</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.955%;left:47.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Moneenatieve"><img alt="Moneenatieve" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Moneenatieve</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:72.341%;left:38.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mount Eagle"><img alt="Mount Eagle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mount Eagle</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.273%;left:63.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mount Lucas"><img alt="Mount Lucas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mount Lucas</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.75%;left:64.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mountain Lodge"><img alt="Mountain Lodge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mountain Lodge</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.841%;left:67.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mullananalt"><img alt="Mullananalt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Mullananalt</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:75.386%;left:24.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Muingnaminnane"><img alt="Muingnaminnane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Muingnaminnane</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.477%;left:24.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Pallas"><img alt="Pallas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Pallas</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.773%;left:28.333%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Raheen Barr"><img alt="Raheen Barr" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Raheen Barr</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:72.727%;left:66.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rahora"><img alt="Rahora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Rahora</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.591%;left:80.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rathmooney"><img alt="Rathmooney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Rathmooney</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:90.159%;left:32.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Reenascreena"><img alt="Reenascreena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Reenascreena</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.886%;left:73.05%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Richfield"><img alt="Richfield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Richfield</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:33.341%;left:47.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Seltanaveeny"><img alt="Seltanaveeny" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Seltanaveeny</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.909%;left:56.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Shannagh"><img alt="Shannagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Shannagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.614%;left:60.283%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sheeragh"><img alt="Sheeragh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Sheeragh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.614%;left:39.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Skehanagh"><img alt="Skehanagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Skehanagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.205%;left:47.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Skrine"><img alt="Skrine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Skrine</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.864%;left:50.55%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Snugborough"><img alt="Snugborough" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Snugborough</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.432%;left:39.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sonnagh Old"><img alt="Sonnagh Old" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Sonnagh Old</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.614%;left:59.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sorne Hill"><img alt="Sorne Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Sorne Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.159%;left:42.783%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Spion Kop"><img alt="Spion Kop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Spion Kop</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:60.227%;left:74.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Slieveragh"><img alt="Slieveragh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Slieveragh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.136%;left:31.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Taurbeg"><img alt="Taurbeg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Taurbeg</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.114%;left:31.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tournafulla"><img alt="Tournafulla" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Tournafulla</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:31.432%;left:49.45%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tullynamoyle"><img alt="Tullynamoyle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Tullynamoyle</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.614%;left:23.617%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tursillagh"><img alt="Tursillagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/8px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/12px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Green_00ff00_pog.svg/16px-Green_00ff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Tursillagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.568%;left:56.383%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Slieve Rushen"><img alt="Slieve Rushen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Slieve Rushen</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.523%;left:60.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lendrum's Bridge"><img alt="Lendrum's Bridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lendrum's Bridge</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.523%;left:49.717%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Callagheen"><img alt="Callagheen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Callagheen</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.136%;left:61.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Hunter's Hill"><img alt="Hunter's Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Hunter's Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:25%;left:65%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Slieve Divena"><img alt="Slieve Divena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Slieve Divena</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.864%;left:57.5%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Tappaghan Mountain"><img alt="Tappaghan Mountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Tappaghan Mountain</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.977%;left:56.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lough Hill"><img alt="Lough Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Lough Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.591%;left:88.883%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Balloo Wood"><img alt="Balloo Wood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Balloo Wood</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.841%;left:83.883%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Brett Martin"><img alt="Brett Martin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Brett Martin</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.841%;left:60%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bessy Bell"><img alt="Bessy Bell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bessy Bell</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.455%;left:56.95%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bin Mountain"><img alt="Bin Mountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bin Mountain</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.068%;left:60.55%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bessy Bell"><img alt="Bessy Bell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Bessy Bell</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:18.182%;left:81.667%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wolf Bog"><img alt="Wolf Bog" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Wolf Bog</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:17.795%;left:61.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Owenreagh"><img alt="Owenreagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Owenreagh</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:17.045%;left:82.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Elliot's Hill"><img alt="Elliot's Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Elliot's Hill</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:14.386%;left:66.117%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Altahullion"><img alt="Altahullion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="Corkey"><img alt="Corkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Corkey</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:12.886%;left:79.167%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gruig"><img alt="Gruig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Gruig</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.227%;left:75.833%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Garves Mountain"><img alt="Garves Mountain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Garves Mountain</div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:10.227%;left:72.217%;font-size:0%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ulster University"><img alt="Ulster University" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="l0">Ulster University</div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Ireland relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Locations of wind farms on and around the island of Ireland</div></div></div> <p>While hydro generated power contributed most to Ireland's renewable energy during the 20th century, so far in the 21st century there has been a significant increase in the production of energy by wind spurred by climate change concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-SEAI_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SEAI-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bellacorick#Wind_farm" title="Bellacorick">Bellacorick wind farm</a>, built by Bord na Móna in 1992, was the first Irish wind farm with an individual turbine capacity of 0.3 <a href="/wiki/Watt#Megawatt" title="Watt">MW</a> which compared with the current capacity of 4–5 MW means that when turbines age out, replacements will produce significantly more power per installation. As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the Republic of Ireland had more than 300 wind farms but the number will have to double by 2030 if the current 40% of renewable energy is to double. Most of the energy will have to come from inshore wind farms because the sole offshore wind farm, <a href="/wiki/Arklow_Bank_Wind_Park" title="Arklow Bank Wind Park">Arklow Bank Wind Park</a>, only produces 0.6% of the nation's total wind energy. The 80% target is an ambitious aspect of the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Action_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate Action Plan">Climate Action Plan</a> some impediments, such as <a href="/wiki/Planning_permission" title="Planning permission">planning permission</a> and the age of existing wind farms, may hinder this aspiration.<sup id="cite_ref-energy_obstacles_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-energy_obstacles-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A floating 400 MW wind farm off the coast of Northern Ireland was proposed for the <a href="/wiki/North_Channel_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" title="North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)">North Channel</a> in 2022 to be operating by 2029.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another northern project, opened in October 2023, was set up under a corporate <a href="/wiki/Power_purchase_agreement" title="Power purchase agreement">power purchase agreement</a> in which <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a>, who backed the project, will be the off-taker of all the power produced by the 16-MW <a href="/wiki/Ballykeel" title="Ballykeel">Ballykeel</a> 7-turbine wind farm in County Antrim.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2023, <a href="/wiki/EDF_Renewables" title="EDF Renewables">EDF Renewables</a> announced their Carrowkeel Wind Farm which will be a 30 MW project for County Roscommon for completion in 2028 which should power more than 20,000 homes.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Solar_energy">Solar energy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Solar energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the 2020 <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_Energy_Authority_of_Ireland" title="Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland">Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland</a> report "Energy in Ireland", solar energy was only contributing 1% of renewable energy. Opposition to the visual impact of solar farms, and other forms of renewable energy, was noted as hindering some projects. <a href="/wiki/DIT_School_of_Electrical_%26_Electronic_Engineering" title="DIT School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering">DIT School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering</a>'s Professor Barry McMullin suggests that: "So while it's the cheapest form of electricity you can get that's only true if your demand for it happens to match when it's available. But if what you actually want is electricity on tap, then solar PV doesn't give you that".<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Solar energy for about 3,600 homes has been in production with 33,600 solar modules installed on 25 hectares near <a href="/wiki/Ashford,_County_Wicklow" title="Ashford, County Wicklow">Ashford, County Wicklow</a> since April 2022. It is the first such venture at scale in the Republic of Ireland, with a capacity of 8 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A forecast from <a href="/wiki/ESB_Group" title="ESB Group">ESB Networks</a> suggests that by the end of 2023, the country will be producing 1 GW. This is up from the 700 MW being produced in mid-summer from 60,000 micro-generation customers, adding to the 371 MW of utility-scale installations.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2013 saw a new 50 million Euro solar panel scheme specially for schools in eleven counties of the Republic, that should save typical schools between €1,200 to €1,600 per year. Connected to the grid, the up-to 6-kilowatt installation will be most efficient when the schools are not in use.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first ground-based solar farm on the island is situated in the townland of Crookedstone, County Antrim, and is connected to Belfast International Airport, providing 27% of the airport's annual energy needs.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This wind farm was built by Lightsource and <a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a> bought full control of the company in November 2023 having first invested in the company in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hydroelectric_power">Hydroelectric power</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hydroelectric power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lough_Nahanagan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="See caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lough_Nahanagan.jpg/220px-Lough_Nahanagan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lough_Nahanagan.jpg/330px-Lough_Nahanagan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lough_Nahanagan.jpg/440px-Lough_Nahanagan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4171" data-file-height="2346" /></a><figcaption>The lower reservoir of the <a href="/wiki/Turlough_Hill" title="Turlough Hill">Turlough Hill</a> pumped-storage scheme</figcaption></figure> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Shannon_hydroelectric_scheme" title="Shannon hydroelectric scheme">Shannon hydroelectric scheme</a> was constructed in 1929 within seven years of independence. Built by <a href="/wiki/Siemens-Schuckert" title="Siemens-Schuckert">Siemens-Schuckert</a> with Irish engineers doing much of the design and using mostly Irish labour, it has an 86 MW capacity and has an annual generation capacity of 332 <a href="/wiki/GWh" class="mw-redirect" title="GWh">GWh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed up by the much larger <a href="/wiki/Turlough_Hill_Power_Station" title="Turlough Hill Power Station">Turlough Hill Power Station</a>, the only pumped-storage built into a mountain with a capacity of 292 MW. It was completed in 1974 after 6 years of construction.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few other smaller hydroelectric stations exist around the Republic of Ireland, such as <a href="/wiki/Poulaphouca_Reservoir" title="Poulaphouca Reservoir">Pollaphuca</a><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Inniscarra_Dam" title="Inniscarra Dam">Inniscarra Dam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Catherine Halpin, Ardnacrusha's plant manager, suggests the four main hydro plants are availing of about 70% of the country's water resources.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A tidal energy system is in operation since 2008 in <a href="/wiki/Strangford_Lough#Tidal_electricity" title="Strangford Lough">Strangford Lough</a> producing 1.2 MW using an underwater windmill, whose rotors at driven by the tidal currents. The power is bought for ESB Independent's Republic and Northern Ireland consumers. The system has a capacity to produce enough electricity for about 1,000 homes.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in Northern Ireland, an <a href="/wiki/Evopod#1kW_Evopod_sea_testing,_Portaferry,_Northern_Ireland" title="Evopod">Evopod tidal energy system</a> has been tested and connected to the Marine Laboratory of <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_Belfast" title="Queen's University Belfast">Queen's University Belfast</a> that should be connected to the electric grid.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See 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href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland">in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom#National_parks_in_Northern_Ireland" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Springs_of_Ireland" title="Category:Springs of Ireland">Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wetlands_of_Ireland" title="Category:Wetlands of Ireland">Wetlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment of Ireland">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Ireland" title="Fauna of Ireland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Ireland" title="Flora of Ireland">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Ireland" title="Agriculture in Ireland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural resources of Ireland">Natural resources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining in Ireland">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_gold" title="Irish gold">Gold</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Administrative</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Ireland">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Local government <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="History of local government in Ireland">History</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Ireland">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Ireland">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital of Ireland">Capital</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in Ireland">Towns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_places_in_Ireland" title="Category:Lists of places in Ireland">by county</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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class="mw-redirect" title="Demography of Ireland">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_divide_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="North–South divide in Ireland">North–South divide</a></li> <li><span title="Interlingue-language text"><i lang="ie"><a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a></i></span> (Irish-speaking areas)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#AFD697;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of Dublin">Geography of Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background:#AFD697;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Europe" title="Geography of Europe">Europe</a></li> <li><span 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Ireland" title="Prehistoric Ireland">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protohistory_of_Ireland" title="Protohistory of Ireland">Protohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(400%E2%80%93800)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (400–800)">Early history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(800%E2%80%931169)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (800–1169)">800–1169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1169%E2%80%931536)" title="History of Ireland (1169–1536)">1169–1536</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1536%E2%80%931691)" title="History of Ireland (1536–1691)">1536–1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1691%E2%80%931800)" title="History of Ireland (1691–1800)">1691–1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1801%E2%80%931923)" title="History of Ireland (1801–1923)">1801–1923</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931922)" title="Southern Ireland (1921–1922)">Southern Ireland (1921–1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (1921–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Ireland" title="History of Northern Ireland">since 1922</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State (1922–1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="History of the Republic of Ireland">Ireland (since 1922)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tara_(Ireland)" title="Battle of Tara (Ireland)">Battles of Tara</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glenmama" title="Battle of Glenmama">Glenmama</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf" title="Battle of Clontarf">Clontarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" title="Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland">Norman invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_campaign_in_Ireland" title="Bruce campaign in Ireland">Bruce campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Rebellions" title="Desmond Rebellions">Desmond Rebellions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armada_in_Ireland" title="Spanish Armada in Ireland">Spanish Armada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War_(Ireland)" title="Nine Years' War (Ireland)">Tyrone's Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls" title="Flight of the Earls">Flight of the Earls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641" title="Irish Rebellion of 1641">1641 Rebellion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irish_Confederate_Wars" title="Irish Confederate Wars">Confederate War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Cromwellian conquest of Ireland">Cromwellian conquest</a> / <a href="/wiki/Act_for_the_Settlement_of_Ireland_1652" title="Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652">Settlement of 1652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" title="Williamite War in Ireland">Williamite War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_laws_(Ireland)" title="Penal laws (Ireland)">Penal Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%931741)" title="Irish Famine (1740–1741)">First Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">1798 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Act of Union (1800)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_rebellion_of_1803" title="Irish rebellion of 1803">1803 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithe_War" title="Tithe War">Tithe War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Second Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_War" title="Land War">Land War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenian_Rising" title="Fenian Rising">Fenian Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_lock-out" title="Dublin lock-out">Dublin lock-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Home Rule crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)" title="The Emergency (Ireland)">The Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Northern campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Northern Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Border campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Border Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn" title="Post-2008 Irish economic downturn">Post-2008 Irish economic downturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_crisis" title="Post-2008 Irish banking crisis">Post-2008 Irish banking crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Ireland" title="List of conflicts in Ireland">List of conflicts in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Celtic_peoples_and_tribes#Goidels_/_Gaels_/_Hibernians" title="List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes">List of Irish tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_kingdoms" title="List of Irish kingdoms">List of Irish kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland" title="List of High Kings of Ireland">List of High Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland#Dress" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic clothing and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland">List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Natural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Climate change in the Republic of Ireland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland" title="Coastal landforms of Ireland">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Ireland" title="Extreme points of Ireland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Ireland" title="Fauna of Ireland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland" title="List of islands of Ireland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_loughs_of_Ireland" title="List of loughs of Ireland">Loughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_in_Ireland" title="Lists of mountains in Ireland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland" title="Rivers of Ireland">Rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland">List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom#National_parks_in_Northern_Ireland" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Human</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Ireland" title="Architecture of Ireland">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_buildings_in_Ireland" title="List of buildings in Ireland">Notable buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland" title="List of tallest structures in Ireland">Tallest buildings and structures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Ireland" title="City status in Ireland">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Demographics of Northern Ireland">of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Ireland" title="List of ports in Ireland">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" title="Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border">ROI–UK border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_towns_in_Ireland" title="Lists of towns in Ireland">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Tourism in the Republic of Ireland">Tourism in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Ireland" title="List of tourist attractions in Ireland">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Ireland" title="Transport in Ireland">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Ulster loyalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Education in the Republic of Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ireland" title="Foreign relations of Ireland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Law of the Republic of Ireland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas"><i>Oireachtas</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">parliament</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann"><i>Dáil Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(lower house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><i>Seanad Éireann</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(upper house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Taxation in the Republic of Ireland">Taxation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Economy of Northern Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Education in Northern Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Northern Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland" title="Culture of Ireland">Culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_cuisine" title="Irish cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_dishes" title="List of Irish dishes">List of dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barmbrack" title="Barmbrack">Barmbrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage" title="Bacon and cabbage">Bacon and cabbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxty" title="Boxty">Boxty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_(food)" title="Champ (food)">Champ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coddle" title="Coddle">Coddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colcannon" title="Colcannon">Colcannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drisheen" title="Drisheen">Drisheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ireland" title="Full breakfast">Irish fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirts_and_kidneys" title="Skirts and kidneys">Skirts and kidneys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soda_bread" title="Soda bread">Soda bread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spice_bag" title="Spice bag">Spice Bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stew" title="Irish stew">Stew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-in-1_(fast_food_dish)" title="3-in-1 (fast food dish)">Three-in-One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_coffee" title="Irish coffee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_cream" title="Irish cream">Cream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Mist" title="Irish Mist">Mist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn" title="Poitín">Poitín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_whiskey" title="Irish whiskey">Whiskey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_dance" title="Irish dance">Dance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jig" title="Jig">Jig</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance" title="Sean-nós dance">Sean-nós</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_set_dancing" title="Irish set dancing">Set dancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stepdance" title="Irish stepdance">Stepdance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Bealtaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth" title="The Twelfth">The Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lúnasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_of_Tralee_(festival)" title="Rose of Tralee (festival)">Rose of Tralee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> / <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wren_Day" title="Wren Day">Wren Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Ireland" title="Languages of Ireland">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiberno-English" title="Hiberno-English">Hiberno-English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelta" title="Shelta">Shelta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_dialect" title="Ulster Scots dialect">Ulster Scots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_literature" title="Irish literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_annals" title="Irish annals">Annals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_prose_fiction" title="Irish prose fiction">Fiction</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_literature_in_Irish" title="Modern literature in Irish">Gaeilge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_poetry" title="Irish poetry">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_theatre" title="Irish theatre">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triads_of_Ireland" title="Triads of Ireland">Triads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ireland" title="Music of Ireland">Music</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_ballads" title="List of Irish ballads">Ballads</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A8ilidh" title="Cèilidh">Céilí</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_traditional_music" title="Irish traditional music">Folk music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_traditional_music_session" title="Irish traditional music session">session</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Irish_musical_instruments" title="Category:Irish musical instruments">Instruments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Ireland" title="Rock music in Ireland">Rock music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Irish_singing" title="Traditional Irish singing">Traditional singing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Mythology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology#Mythological_cycle" title="Irish mythology">Cycles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mythological_Cycle" title="Mythological Cycle">Mythological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenian_Cycle" title="Fenian Cycle">Fenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Cycle" title="Ulster Cycle">Ulster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycles_of_the_Kings" title="Cycles of the Kings">Kings</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD" title="Aos Sí">Aos Sí</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Echtra" title="Echtra">Echtrai</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Immram" title="Immram">Immrama</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Firbolg" class="mw-redirect" title="Firbolg">Firbolg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fomorians" title="Fomorians">Fomorians</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Irish_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Irish legendary creatures">Legendary creatures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_people" title="List of Irish people">List of Irish people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_diaspora" title="Irish diaspora">Irish diaspora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_people" title="Anglo-Irish people">Anglo-Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a></li></ul></li> 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title="Chinese people in Ireland">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filipinos_in_Ireland" title="Filipinos in Ireland">Filipinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanians_in_Ireland" title="Lithuanians in Ireland">Lithuanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerians_in_Ireland" title="Nigerians in Ireland">Nigerians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_people_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian people in Ireland">South Asians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_minority_in_Ireland" title="Polish minority in Ireland">Poles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Ireland" title="Romani people in Ireland">Romani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Ireland" title="Turks in Ireland">Turks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Naturalisation_and_Immigration_Service" title="Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service">Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamp_4" title="Stamp 4">Stamp 4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Ireland" title="Sport in Ireland">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Association football in the Republic of Ireland">Association football in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Association football in Northern Ireland">Association football in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camogie" title="Camogie">Camogie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_handball" title="Gaelic handball">Gaelic handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_martial_arts" title="Irish martial arts">Martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_road_bowling" title="Irish road bowling">Road bowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rounders" title="Rounders">Rounders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Ireland" title="Rugby union in Ireland">Rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Category:National_symbols_of_Ireland" title="Category:National symbols of Ireland">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brighid's Cross</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Celtic_harp" title="Celtic harp">Cláirseach</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_Ireland" title="Armorial of Ireland">County coats of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_Ireland" title="List of flags of Ireland">Flags</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_flags_issue" title="Northern Ireland flags issue">Northern Ireland flags issue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Wolfhound" title="Irish Wolfhound">Irish Wolfhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland" title="Coat of arms of Ireland">National coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hand_of_Ulster" title="Red Hand of Ulster">Red Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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